What are the Christmas customs? What does it mean to hang Christmas stockings at the head of the bed?
Christmas is a festival that originated in the West and is celebrated on December 25th of the Gregorian calendar every year. What are the Christmas customs? What does it mean to hang Christmas stockings at the head of the bed? Shuimoxiansheng.com has carefully compiled detailed information about the eleventh month of the lunar calendar in 2019. If you want to know the auspicious and inauspicious days in the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, just go to Shuimoxiansheng.com.What are the customs of Christmas?Introduction to Christmas customs——《1》Decorating the Christmas tree - originated in Germany <br /> The custom of Christmas trees originated in Germany, and the tree is usually decorated with gold and silver strips, canes, apples, small gifts, etc. ——The symbolic meaning of Christmas tree decorations: The apple symbolizes the abundant resources of the Garden of Eden, the gifts symbolize the gifts presented by the Magi from the East to Jesus, the cane on the Christmas tree is a shepherd's cane, and the inverted cane is similar to the first letters of Jesus' name, which also symbolizes Jesus. The silver ribbons on the Christmas tree symbolize holiness, and the golden ribbons symbolize glory. The bow symbolizes that it closely connects people and God, and God loves the world forever. 《2》Exchanging Christmas cards, Christmas letters - greeting cards <br /> Just as Chinese people express their longing for each other through letters, foreigners also send Christmas cards on Christmas Day to express their thoughts for their relatives and friends far away. Christmas cards usually feature pictures of the Christmas season, such as snow scenes, snowmen, Santa Claus, and reindeer. There are also some greeting cards with Christian elements, such as scenes of the birth of Jesus. 《3》Sing Christmas songs - traditional songs <br /> During Christmas, there are always some traditional Christmas songs, which add to the atmosphere of Christmas, and the joyful songs echo in the streets and alleys. Common Christmas songs nowadays include "The First Noel", "Hark! Herald Angels Sing", "White Christmas", "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", "Winter Wonderland" and "Joy To The World". When Christmas songs are played, it means people are preparing for Christmas. People start playing Christmas songs a few weeks before Christmas. You can hear Christmas songs wherever you are. 《4》Making Christmas food - Christmas cake <br /> A long time ago, people would eat some special food on Christmas Eve, such as plum blossom porridge. Over time, the things people eat at Christmas have become more and more diverse, including preserved fruits. With the improvement of living standards, the most popular food is Christmas cake. Now there are more and more styles of Christmas cakes, but most of them are still made of eggs, butter and fruits. Christmas cake has become an indispensable part of Christmas dinner. What does it mean to hang Christmas stockings at the head of the bed on Christmas Day?——Christmas stockings: for Christmas gifts <br /> Originally, they were a pair of large red socks, of any size. Because Christmas stockings are used to hold gifts, they are children’s favorite things. They will hang their stockings by the bed at night and wait to receive gifts the next morning.——The legend about Christmas stockings: Once upon a time there was a kind-hearted nobleman whose wife died of illness, leaving him and his three daughters. The nobleman tried many inventions, but all failed, and he ran out of money, so they had to move to a farmhouse, and his daughters had to cook, sew and clean by themselves. A few years passed, and the daughters gradually reached the age of marriage, but the father became more depressed because he had no money to buy dowries for his daughters. One evening, after the daughters had finished washing their clothes, they hung their stockings in front of the fireplace to dry. Saint Nicholas came to their doorstep that night after learning about their father's situation. He saw from the window that the whole family was asleep, and also noticed the girls' stockings. Then he took out three small bags of gold from his pocket and threw them down the chimney one by one, and they fell into the girls' stockings. The next morning, the daughters woke up to find their stockings full of gold, enough for them to buy their dowries. As a result, the nobleman was able to see his daughters get married, and they lived a happy life from then on. Later, children all over the world inherited the tradition of hanging Christmas stockings. Children in some countries have other similar customs. For example, in France, children put their shoes next to the fireplace. |
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